The ASPET Division for Cardiovascular Pharmacology is pleased to award Dr. Jan Danser from Erasmus Medical Center the 2020 Paul M. Vanhoutte Distinguished Lectureship in Vascular Pharmacology. This award was established to honor Dr. Vanhoutte’s lifelong scientific contributions to our better understanding and appreciation of the importance of endothelial cells and vascular smooth muscle function in health and disease and for his mentoring of countless prominent endothelial and vascular biologists and pharmacologists.

Dr. Danser is being recognized for his seminal discoveries on the roles of prorenin/renin in vascular and cardiac pathophysiology, the targeting of this system by novel therapeutics, and his outstanding mentorship of young scientists.